![The Hero You Don't Know: Hubert Humphrey and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights League Lecture Series, Civil Rights, Hubert Humphrey](https://my.lwv.org/sites/default/files/leagues/johnson-county/llsapr2024inprocess3.png)
Location
Iowa City Public Library
123 S Linn St
Iowa City
Iowa
52240
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Iowa US
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 6:30pm
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To mark the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, award-winning author Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University, and Norman Sherman, who served as Vice President Hubert Humphrey's press secretary during Lyndon Johnson's administration, will delve into a bit of history that bears remembrance this presidential election year. Together, Freedman and Sherman will examine Humphrey's efforts-in tandem with African American leader A. Philip Randolph-to advance civil rights in the 1940s, which set the stage for what President Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Humphrey accomplished in the 1960s.
Additional Event Hosts:
UI Poli Sci Dept, UI School of Journalism, Black Voices Project, Delta Sigma Theta, UI Afro-Am Culture Cntr, Hawkeye Hs CorpsIssues referenced by this event:
Democratic government depends upon informed and active participation at all levels of government.